Improvement in burnishing and finishing tools for boots and shoes



l. W. CARVER.

Burnishing and Finishing-Tools for Boots a nd Shoes.

No, 165,917, v Patentedluly27,1875.

Witnesses,- Ewen/Z07 NJEIERS, PHOTD-UTNOGRAPHEN, WASHINGTON D c UNITEDSTATES PATENT QFFIGE JAMES W. CARVER, OF LYNN, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDGEORGE E. MOR- RISON, OF EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BURNISHING AND FINISHING TOOLS FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [65,917, dated July 27,1875; application filed June 29, 1675.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES W. CARVER, of Lynn, in the county of Essex andState of Massachusetts, have invented a Combined Burnishing andFinishing Tool for Boots and Shoes, of which the following is aspecification:

The nature of my invention consists in combining with an ordinaryburnishiug-tool used by shoemakers a marking-whee1, such as is commonlyused in imparting a finish to soles and shanks of boots and shoes, forthe purpose of avoiding the necessity of handling a separate tool in theoperation of finishing the sole and shank. Combined with themarking-wheel is also a gage for adjusting the distance of the mark fromthe edge of the sole.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of my combinedburnisher and wheel, and Fig. 2 is a top VIBW of the same.

a represents a buruishing tool of ordinary construction, and made ofpolished metal, having the wooden handles 1) I). On the upper side ofthe tool, near each handle, is attached a marking-wheel, 0, so as torotate freely.

At the rear of the wheel 0 is secured to the burnisher, by means of aset-screw, a slotted gage, d, having aprojection, as shown in Fig. 1. Bymeans of the set-screw and slot the gage may be adjusted so as toregulate the space between it and the wheel as desired.

In operation the burnisher is applied to the sole and shank in the usualmanner, and by simply turning the burnisher overthe marking-wheels arebrought to bear alternately on either edge of the sole, without thenecessity of turning the boot or shoe around or making use of aseparate. tool for marking, as usually practiced.

By the use of my combined burnisher and marking-wheel I efl'ect a savingof time in the handling of the tools, as well as expense. in theirmanufacture-very important items in consideration of the small amountpaid for finishing the soles and shanks of ancyanade JAS. W. CARVER.

Witnesses:

Jos. H. ADAMS, C. W. LUTLE.

